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A person with multiple personalities is said to have dissociative identity disorder. There is not really a name for the person.

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What is multipersonality?

Multipersonality Disorder is when a person acts/thinks like a different person. An example would be when a mom acts like a teenage boy. This would be having multiple personalities.


What are the personalities of a person?

There are many personalities. Such as being calm, quiet, honest, jealous...


What are the key symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?

The main symptom of dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, is the presence of two or more distinct personalities within one person. These personalities alternate control of the individual's behavior.


What does having multiple identities mean?

Someone that has more than two personalities


It is true a Multiple personalities is possible in a human being?

Multiple Personality is an extreme form of Dissociative Disorder. This is a condition where a person reacts to extreme stress (such as abuse or trauma like war or natural disaster) by "leaving" their body and feeling as if the situation is happening to someone else instead of to them. Dissociation is a way of numbing pain so that the mind can withstand it, and results in feelings such as a dreamlike state or lack of emotion. In very extreme cases, the mind actually makes different "personalities" to deal with different emotions (although they are actually all part of the same mind), and splits or compartmentalizes itself into sections. True multiple personalities are generally not in communication with each other, and the person affected suffers from periods of "lost time" where they do not remember what has happened.

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Can a split personality have a split personality?

A person can have multiple personalities. It is the person who has the disorder and not the personalities who have the disorder.


Does a person with split personalities aware that he got multiple personalities?

Yes, I've seen this before. In the Discovery Health Channel, a woman has 15 or 16 different personalities. She's herself at first, then shes a whole different person, later on she's a teacher. But she is aware she has multiple personalities.


How does a multiple personality person find out who the core personality is?

You can have as many personalities as you want but your core personalities is the one that you use more or the one that you like most


What is the movie with a prisoner with multiple personalities in his mind- set a a motel in the rain?

Its called Identity


What does the acronym MPD stand for?

The acronym MPD stand for Multiple Personality Disorder, which is a condition of the brain where a person displays multiple, distinct identities or personalities.


Does a person with multiple personality know each of the personalities?

Not usually. In some cases, people with dissociated personalities are aware of their alters, but usually not unless they are receiving therapy. The purpose of therapy is to re-combine the personalities, which first involves recognizing them.


Is being two-faced the same as multiple personalities?

The difference is, with multiple personalities there are actually two different internal personalities that might not even know about each other... being two-faced is the way you act ... all nice to one person and being fake to another person... or mean behind someone's back and nice in front of them. No internal difference, just the way you act.


What is that movie with multiple personalities?

Identity (2003)


Famous cases of Multiple personality disorder?

Eve. She has a book and a film called The Three Faces of Eve. In the end she had 22 personalities.


What was the movie cybil with Sally fields about?

Multiple personalities.


Medication for multiple personalities disorder?

concerta and fluxotine


What are the release dates for MyMusic - 2012 Multiple Personalities 1-21?

MyMusic - 2012 Multiple Personalities 1-21 was released on: USA: 23 September 2012